{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Short description|Bermudian footballer (born 1986)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Taurean Manders | image = | fullname = Taurean Andre Manders | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|7|9}} | birth_place = Hamilton, Bermuda | height = 5 ft 7 in | position = Midfielder, Defender | currentclub = New Milton fc | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = North Village Rams | youthyears2 = 2005–2008 | youthclubs2 = Iona Gaels | years1 = 2008–2010 | clubs1 = Bradenton Academics | caps1 = 38| goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2011 | clubs2 = Capital City | caps2 = 24| goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2012 | clubs3 = York Region Shooters | caps3 = 17| goals3 = 3 | years4 = 2013 | clubs4 = Antigua Barracuda | caps4 = 21| goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2014 | clubs5 = Bashley | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 2014 | clubs6 = Sholing | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2015– | clubs7 = Whitchurch United | caps7 = | goals7 = | nationalyears1 = 2003– | nationalteam1 = Bermuda | nationalcaps1 = 14 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | pcupdate = 21 February 2012 | ntupdate = 21 November 2011 }} '''Taurean Andre Manders''' (born 9 July 1986) is a Bermudian footballer who currently plays for the English club Whitchurch United.
==Club career== Manders came through the local side North Village Rams before joining the US college soccer team Iona Gaels for which he played for four years.<ref>[http://www.icgaels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14900&ATCLID=822585 Player profile] - IC Gaels</ref> He later moved to the American IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
In May 2011, he joined Capital City F.C. in the Canadian Soccer League.<ref>[http://bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=8&SubSectionID=105&ArticleID=52141 "Manders signs pro football contract"], ''Bermuda Sun'', 18 May 2011<br />- Stephen Wright, [https://www.royalgazette.com/article/20110519/SPORT01/705199981/-1/sport "Manders signs pro deal"], ''Royal Gazette'' (Bermuda), 19 May 2011</ref> The following season, in May 2012, Manders transferred to York Region Shooters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yorkregionshooters.com/pro-team |title=Pro Team {{!}} York Region Shooters |date=11 July 2012 |accessdate=14 December 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711002058/http://yorkregionshooters.com/pro-team |archivedate=11 July 2012 }}</ref>
In February 2014, Manders joined the English side Bashley,<ref>Andy Mitchell, [https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/10981684.print/ "Bermuda international Manders makes Bashley switch"], ''Bournemouth Echo'', 2 February 2014.</ref> but left at the end of the season to join Sholing.<ref>Stephen Wright, [https://www.royalgazette.com/article/20140827/SPORT01/140829777 "Manders set for new test"], ''Royal Gazette'', 27 August 2014.</ref>
==International career== Manders made his debut for the Bermudian national team in a December 2003 friendly match against Barbados and had, by November 2015, earned 14 caps scored 1 goal. He has played in six FIFA World Cup qualification matches.<ref>{{FIFA player|347374}}</ref>
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Bermuda's goal tally first.'' {| class="wikitable" |- ! {{tooltip|N.|Goal number}} !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition !! Refs |- | align="center" | 1. || 11 September 2012 || Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti || {{fb|SMT}} || align="center" | '''5'''–0 || align="center" | 8–0 || 2012 Caribbean Cup qualification || [https://web.archive.org/web/20121218070758/http://concacaf.globalsportsmedia.com/page.php?sport=soccer&language_id=us&page=tournament&view=match&match_id=1387780 Report] |}
==Personal life== He is the son of ex-Bermuda national team cricketer Andre Manders.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * Stephen Wright, [https://www.royalgazette.com/article/20120821/SPORT01/708219977/-1 "Manders waits for club ok to play in Caribbean Cup"], ''Royal Gazette'', 21 August 2012 * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004080440/http://www.capitalcityfc.com/club/roster/?player_id=25 |title=Player profile - Capital City FC }} * Stephen Wright, [http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20110812/SPORT01/708129953/-1 "Manders in ‘pick me’ plea to BFA bosses"], ''Royal Gazette'', 12 August 2011 *{{NFT player|31760}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manders, Taurean}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Hamilton, Bermuda Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Bermudian men's footballers Category:Bermuda men's international footballers Category:IMG Academy Bradenton players Category:Antigua Barracuda FC players Category:Bashley F.C. players Category:Sholing F.C. players Category:USL League Two players Category:Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Category:USL Championship players Category:Bermudian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Antigua and Barbuda Category:Bermudian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Category:Bermudian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Category:Bermudian expatriates in Antigua and Barbuda Category:York Region Shooters players Category:Wessex Football League players Category:21st-century British sportsmen
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